Cook Family Ancestry William VI of Montferrat Marquess of Montferrat [11527] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

William V (the Old) Marquess of Montferrat [63663]
(Abt 1115-1191)

Judith of Babenberg [63662]
(Abt 1120-Aft 1168)

Boniface I Marquess of Montferrat [64477]
(Abt 1150-1207)

Helena del Bosco [64478]

William VI of Montferrat Marquess of Montferrat [11527]
(Abt 1173-1226)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Sophie [63744]
2. Berta of Clavesana [63745]

William VI of Montferrat Marquess of Montferrat [11527] ²⁴

Born: Abt 1173
Marriage (1): Sophie [63744] in 1187
Marriage (2): Berta of Clavesana [63745]
Died: 17 Sep 1226 about age 53

bullet General Notes:

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal12405

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Marquess of Montferrat, 1203.

• pretender: Kingdom of Thessalonica, 1207. pretender to the Kingdom of Thessalonica from 1207

William married Sophie [63744] [MRIN: 551618693], daughter of Frederick I Barbarossa Holy Roman Emperor [6841] and Beatrice of Burgundy Countess of Burgundy [8551], in 1187. (Sophie [63744] was born in 1161 and died in 1187.)

bullet Marriage Notes:

William was betrothed to Sophie, daughter of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor . The marriage took place in 1187, when William was fourteen years old, and Sophie twenty-five; nevertheless, this union ended soon: Sophie died shortly after in that year.

William next married Berta of Clavesana [63745] [MRIN: 5242], daughter of Marquess Bonifacio di Clavesana Count of Cortemiglia [63746] and Unknown.

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William VI of Montferrat Marquess of Montferrat [11527] ²⁴